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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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